"OCU" raiders seize the church in the Ukrainian village of Vyzhenka on Bright Week

DECR Communication Service, 11.05.2024.

On May 8, raiders belonging to the OCU schismatic structure forcefully seized the old St. Nicholas church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, an architectural monument of local significance, located in the village of Vyzhenka, Chernovtsy region, Ukraine, the Union of Orthodox Journalists reports.

Amid shouts inciting hatred, the parishioners were pushed away fr om the church, the locks on the doors were cut off, and the St. Nicholas church was seized, Dozor telegram channel reports.

Earlier, on March 23, in the same village of Vyzhenka, after a provocation against the rector of the church, local authorities organized a meeting of the territorial community, at which they “transferred” the St. Nicholas church to the OCU.

The seizure of this church occurred almost at the same time with raider actions against the church of the Nativity of the Mother of God in the village of Chernoguzy located nearby wh ere raiders beat up faithful of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and smashed down the church doors.

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"OCU" raiders seize the church in the Ukrainian village of Vyzhenka on Bright Week

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